Omaha daily bee., 1887-06-03
O'BRIEN IN NEW YORK CITY,
Tho Irish Editor Given Grand Rccep ton
in the Metropolis.
HE TALKS ABOUT HIS TRIP.
Lansdowne's Action Denounced ID
Very Forcible Language-Com.
ments on John Bright's Latest
Letter On Irish Affairs.
O'Bricn in Gotham.

NEW YORK. June 90 l5ren arrived here
from Boston this afternoon. After dining
In private he was conducted to the Academy
of Music, where a most enthusiastic reception
awaited him. rhe auditorium was packed
to its utmost capacity. Mayor Hewitt, exc
Mayor Grace and other prominent citizens
occupied seats on the stage, which was deco-
rated with intertwined English and Irish
flags. AS soon as O'Brien appeared storm
of applause arose and lasted for several min.
utes. On being introduced by the chairman,
O'Brien spoke teelingly of the extrad
ordinary extent of American sym.
pathy which had been stirred up by
events in Canada. Lansdowne, he said,
has been more successful apostle
for Ireland and the Irish cause than they
could ever be. they could only tell the talo
Of his deeds in Ireland but these deeds and
Lansdowne's mob had told the tale oil the
world over. The horrible moments spent In
Canada, the speaker said, lie lightly in his
memory when he remembers those incidents
have illustrated the true character OF Lans-
downism and the terrible evictlons which
are now being perpetrated in Ireland. Lans-
6s and esves he e Ss
bitter partisan dare not stand up and say
l.ansdowne has himself denied single
charge.
ISclctiluS w UOul lCttVt ICuu III
Birmingham, OBrien said: IL regret that his
life is ending in bitter winter rather than in
the glorious sunset in which MIR. Gladstone'S
Is ending. Bright disapprOves of my mise
sion in the same breath In which he calls
Gladstone traitor. lCries OF shame.) am
not sorry to be in such company" cloud apS
plause.l Lansdowne, said the speaker, not
has added to his guilt that of an instigator OF
crime and outrage. lie inspired those whQ
were the men who yokea them
selves like iackasses to his carriages.
lie knew tho outrage was to be perpetrated
by the same gentlemen" volunteers who
behaved so galantly at the battle of RIDGE
way. Laughter. Four hundred OF these.
with their side arms on, were of the mob who
tried in the dark at Kingston to murder us.
81 charge LansdOwne here tonight with
that crime. He answered our demand for
free speech with revolver shots. venture
to think we shall not hear for some time any
more from, the London Times about Par.
nelism and crime, and, by the way, l shall
have something to say about Lanadowne and
crime" The representatives of the American
press, he said, were literally and truly tho
saviors Of himself and party: The mob
would have tramped them to death had 1t
not been for this powerful shield of protec-
ton.
Mr.. O'Brien devoted some time to an expo
siton of the condition of affairs In Ireland,
etc., and was followed by Kilbride and
Others Letters of regre. were received and
read from ex-senator COnkling, Ex-Governor
Hoadley, Governor Hill, and Archbishop
C0rrigan, Resolutions were adopted de-
nOunclng in forcible terms Lord Lansdowne
and the Canadian outrages against O'Brien.
people with Ireland In the struggle for homo
rule,